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Title: Less purple
Post by: CarolBurns on Saturday 23 September 06 15:04 BST (UK)

Can anyone fix this picture so there is less purple please

Don't know how it ended up like this

Thanks in advance

Carol

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: g a r on Saturday 23 September 06 15:20 BST (UK)

Hi Carol,

Something like this?

g a r

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: Man of Kent on Saturday 23 September 06 15:21 BST (UK)

Just had a quick go, using Picasa 2.
A free download from Google.

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: CarolBurns on Saturday 23 September 06 16:43 BST (UK)

A lot better  ;D

Thank you both

This is actually me when I was 3 yrs old in my Great Auntie mary's house

Carol

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: Keith Bateman on Saturday 23 September 06 23:09 BST (UK)

Hi Man of Kent,

Welcome back - missed you - what have you been doing - collecting free software!!  ;D ;D

Cheers

Keith

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: Keith Bateman on Saturday 23 September 06 23:12 BST (UK)

Forgot to attach my effort - very similar to others

Kieth

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: dennford on Saturday 23 September 06 23:59 BST (UK)

There must be a million ways of doing this but just out of interest to the restorers could we compare methods. my personal preference is to start by using the threshold tool to find the darkest and lightest parts of the picture. Then using the curves I set the black and white point, then hopefully use the centre dropper to find a neutral grey point.
In this case I followed by just a very minor tweaking on the shaddow/highlight tool. I also think it benefits from cropping the excess background, this was by the way the first thing I always do so that there is no chance of the excess influencing any adjustments,

                                              Denn

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: Keith Bateman on Sunday 24 September 06 00:12 BST (UK)

Similar Denn - except on my software it is called "levals" - alter the 3 colours in there - using the centre arrow to alter the colour what I think looks best.

Keith

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: trellisick on Sunday 24 September 06 00:33 BST (UK)

here's my go, kali.(http://)

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: deadants on Sunday 24 September 06 00:42 BST (UK)

Quote from: dennford on Saturday 23 September 06 23:59 BST (UK)

There must be a million ways of doing this but just out of interest to the restorers could we compare methods.

Here's another method in photoshop that a lot of people either don't know about or have forgotten about and that is Variations. Using the Variations menu gives you a quick way of getting in the ball park.

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: g a r on Sunday 24 September 06 00:48 BST (UK)

I desaturated (perhaps too much) and consequently looks flatter than the rest.

g a r

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: CarolBurns on Sunday 24 September 06 13:41 BST (UK)

They all look a 100% better

Thanks everyone

Carol

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: Man of Kent on Monday 25 September 06 01:17 BST (UK)

"Welcome back - missed you - what have you been doing - collecting free software!!"

Thanks! ;)Good to be back thought only for a day or so, then off to the sun for a couple of weeks.
Just been out of action due to illness.
Good to see new folk doing their bit also. :)

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: cazza59 on Monday 25 September 06 01:25 BST (UK)

Here's my go Carol...how cute were you!!!

Cheers
Cazza
 ;D

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: CarolBurns on Monday 25 September 06 01:48 BST (UK)

I still am Cazza LOL

(I wish!!  :-\  )

Carol

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: cazza59 on Monday 25 September 06 02:07 BST (UK)

I'm sure you are Carol...anyway, with a name like that, you'd have to be cute.... :P :P :P :P :P

Cheers

Caroline  AKA Cazza ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: Burrow Digger on Monday 25 September 06 10:32 BST (UK)

What was the stuff on the back of your hand??
I see someone finally cleared it away along with the dirty sleeve.  ;D

BD

Title: Re: Less purple
Post by: CarolBurns on Monday 25 September 06 11:54 BST (UK)

Probably some stain or other on the photograph

My dad loved to take photographs when he was younger - actually he still tries. He has thougsands and ended up working for the Civil Service as a Photographer.

I remember him making me and my sister pose for hours when we were younger.

Carol